Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Roopena area . Annual technical report for the period ending 11 December 2018.
Published: 12 Dec 1918 Created: 12 Nov 2024 Revised: 12 Nov 2024

EL 5898 is an area of 155 km2 located in the Roopena area of South Australia approximately 10 km northwest of Whyalla on 1:250,000 Map Sheet: Port Augusta (SH5304) and Whyalla (SH5308). Works within EL 5898 have targeted predominantly IOCG-style...

EL 5898 is an area of 155 km2 located in the Roopena area of South Australia approximately 10 km northwest of Whyalla on 1:250,000 Map Sheet: Port Augusta (SH5304) and Whyalla (SH5308). Works within EL 5898 have targeted predominantly IOCG-style mineralisation. EL 5898 is situated in an area of shallow cover intruded by Hiltaba Suite granites generally thought to be metalliferous sources of Gawler Craton IOCG ore deposits. A number of major fault groups (Angle Dam and Wizzo Well Faults) cut the tenement. During the first licence year, exploration activities focussed on the review of historical reports by companies operating within EL 5898 and the compilation and interpretation of existing historical drill hole geological data. The GIS and geological data were extracted into a database and then maps were created within QGIS to aid in the planning of an exploration program going forward. As part of an exploration programme being considered, the company plans to further investigate four reverse circulation percussion drillholes that were planned by previous operators but never tested due to a change in exploration strategy by the company. These four holes were designed to test for IOCG potential within the Hiltaba basement and follow up hematite-sericite alteration assemblages intersected in previous shallow drilling. No field work was completed during the third report year, as such no annual technical report was submitted.

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Record No mesac27706
Topic Geoscientific Information
Type of Resource Document
Category Type
Document Type Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
Contributor
Sponsor
Tenement EL 5898
Tenement Holder Strategic Energy Resources Limited
Operator
Geological Province Gawler Craton
Mine Name
Stratigraphy
Commodity
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Doc No: Env 13069

Doc No: Env 13069

Language English
Metadata Standard ISO 19115-3

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License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Persistent identifier https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac27706
Citation Rechner, S. 1918. Data release - as updated [made at SA Director of Mines' discretion] : Roopena area . Annual technical report for the period ending 11 December 2018. Mineral Company Report - Mineral Exploration
https://pid.sarig.sa.gov.au/document/mesac27706

Technical information

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Geographic Reference GDA2020 (EPSG:7844)
Geo bounding box {"type":"Polygon","coordinates":[[[137,-33.5],[138,-33.5],[138,-32.5],[137,-32.5],[137,-33.5]]]}
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